discovered or described since 1874. 75 



35*. P. hemsleyanum, Baker, in Hemsl. Biol. Cent. Amer. Ill, 

 660, tab. 108. Guatemala, Salvin and Godman. 



39*. P. Willsii, Baker. Stipe 6-8 in. long, densely clothed in the 

 lower half with squarrose linear-subulate paleae. Frond lan- 

 ceolate-deltoid, tripinnatifid, 15-18 in. long, 8-9 in. broad, 

 bright green, pilose on the ribs beneath. Pinnae lanceo- 

 late, the lowest the largest ; pinnules lanceolate, the lowest 

 only not adnate and deeply pinnatifid, with contiguous linear- 

 oblong tertiary segments. Veins pinnate in the lowest tertiary 

 segments. Rio Janeiro, sent to Kew alive by Mr. Justice Wills in 

 1 88 1. General habit of Nephrodium Filix-masvzr. elongatum. 



40*. P. leptophyllum, Baker, sp. n. Stipe a foot long, slender, 

 brown, fragile. Frond subdeltoid, 4-pinnatifid, membranous, 

 glabrous, 15-18 in. long, 9-10 in. broad. Pinnae oblong- 

 deltoid, the three lower pairs petioled, 4-5 in. long, 2 in. broad ; 

 pinnules oblong-deltoid, petioled ; tertiary segments oblong- 

 deltoid, unequal-sided, deeply pinnatifid, with oblong lobes. 

 Veins pinnate in the quaternary segments; veinlets simple, 

 ascending. Sori crowded, globose, costal. Japan, Hancock, 

 15. Near P. unidentatum and Oldhami. 



41*. P. hit-turn, Presl. Reliq. Haenk.I, 27 (1830), non Hook. Stipe 

 not seen complete. Frond deltoid, decompound, a foot long, 

 moderately firm, glabrous; rachises clothed with copious 

 adpressed linear brown paleae; lower pinnae the largest, 

 deltoid, produced on the lower side ; central oblong-lanceolate ; 

 final segments oblong, entire, j 1 ^ in. broad ; veinlets pauci- 

 jugate, erecto-patent. Sori medial. Philippines, Haenke. 

 Final segments like those of the glabrous forms of Nephrodium 

 vilhsum. The name antedates P. hirtum, Hook., our No. 99. 



42*. P. Davidi, Franch. PI. David. II, 157. Moupine, Tibet, David. 

 Near the European P. alpestre. 



43*. P. laserpitiifolium, Scortech. ; Beddome, in Journ. Bot. 1887, 

 324. Perak, Scortechini. Habit of the most compound forms 

 of Nephrodium sparsum. 



43*. P. alcicorne, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1888, 229. West China; 

 Mount Omei, alt. 3000 ft., Faber. Habit of Aspidium multi- 

 fidum, Mett. ; Baker, in Hook. Ic., tab. 1067. 



43*. P. Gordon!, Baker, in Journ. Bot. 1879, 297. Fiji Islands, 

 Home. Habit and texture of Nephrodium boryanum. 



